With 15-member interim govt led by Muhammad Yunus set to be sworn in, academics & journalists in Bangladesh say its term may extend beyond 3 months as mandated by constitution.
Students led by Nahid Islam asked that the Nobel Laureate be made in charge of the interim government. Islam proposed Yunus' name in a meeting with President Shahabuddin.
In message to country, Yunus lauded students who made 'Second Victory Day' possible, while also calling for an end to attacks on members of Awami League & religious minorities.
Yunus, founder of Bangladesh’s Grameen Bank, is set to head the interim govt after Sheikh Hasina’s ouster. The Hasina-led administration had slapped over 190 cases on him over the years.
The newly appointed government will fill the political void formed following PM Sheikh Hasina's resignation and is also expected to hold elections soon after taking charge.
Student protesters have been demanding his return; currently, he is in Paris. In January, he was convicted of violating Bangladesh’s labour laws and is currently out on bail.
Giving shelter to Sheikh Hasina 'showed we uphold loyalty to old friends', experts said, adding that India had not burnt bridges with Bangladesh’s opposition either.
Durrani as NSA was a leap for Pakistan. No surprise that he didn’t even last a year in that job. He chafed after 26/11, seeing it as a deliberate Army/ISI betrayal.
New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.
The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
The Cabinet too is meritocratic, technocratic.